Senate Democrats push to ban corporate PAC money
Political spending by PACs on federal races hit a record high of $1.9 billion in 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - August 01, 2025
Political spending by PACs on federal races hit a record high of $1.9 billion in 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - August 01, 2025
Since 2019, Robinson has been accused of omitting key details from campaign finance reports.
By Jesse Valentine - February 16, 2024
A complaint alleges that several organizations and entities that oppose ranked choice voting in Alaska founded a church, allowing donors to dodge campaign finance laws.
By Matt Cohen - August 14, 2023
Two conservative groups that filed a lawsuit to block the voter-approved donor transparency rules now have a chance to revise their filing.
By Matt Cohen - July 06, 2023
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican candidate for governor in the state, accepted campaign money from lobbyists for corporations that paid settlements in connection with the opioid crisis.
By Matt Cohen - April 07, 2023
The federal government has repeatedly warned the multilevel marketing company over representatives’ claims that its products help stop COVID-19, Ebola, and other illnesses.
By Josh Israel - March 01, 2023
The groups have ties to a national anti-abortion group, election deniers, and a major conservative donor.
By Matt Cohen - February 17, 2023
The North Carolina Republican has received millions of dollars in campaign cash from the financial services industry over the course of his career.
By Josh Israel - January 17, 2023
This isn’t the first time the Texas Republican has run afoul of federal ethics laws.
By Josh Israel - December 05, 2022
The founder of Daniel Defense and his wife each gave the GOP Senate candidate the maximum amount an individual can give a campaign during a general election, totaling $5,800.
By Emily Singer - October 31, 2022
Meanwhile, Republican Kari Lake has made attacking Democrats with lies about their positions on sex crimes a part of her campaign for Arizona governor.
By Emily Singer - October 26, 2022
The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee paid more than $250 for unexplained travel expenses in the Garden State in recent months after facing questions about similar expenses going back to February.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2022
The New Hampshire Republican received at least four donations from energy executives in the third quarter of 2022 after saying, ‘I have not taken money from Big Pharma, Big Ed, Big Med, Big Energy, or Big Tech. And I won’t.’
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2022
A new entity created by the Uihlein-funded Restoration PAC is aimed specifically at electing far-right judges in state supreme court races.
By Matt Cohen - October 21, 2022
A constituent filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging Garbarino illegally moved funds to his congressional campaign.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2022
Oil and gas companies do not need to pass their tax burden on to New Hampshire consumers, contrary to a new ad’s claims.
By Josh Israel - September 30, 2022
The Nevada Republican took the legal maximum from Curtis Debord, who was indicted for illegal weapons trafficking in the late 1990s.
By Josh Israel - September 29, 2022
Forty-nine Republican senators voted against the DISCLOSE Act.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2022
Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Clark County, Nevada, the Republican nominee for governor, successfully sought tens of millions of dollars in Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department contracts for companies that donated more than $50,000 to his political campaigns.
By Emily Singer - August 23, 2022
North Carolina Republican Rep. Ted Budd received numerous industry donations after votes to lift a cap on debit card transaction fees and to prevent financial companies from having to provide credit scores to customers.
By Josh Israel - August 19, 2022
The American Action Network makes no mention of its fossil fuel donors in a barrage of attack ads against Democratic House incumbents.
By Josh Israel - July 27, 2022
The Republican nominee has claimed high gas prices have nothing to do with ‘greedy oil executives.’
By Josh Israel - July 27, 2022
North Carolina Republican Rep. Ted Budd opposed consumer protections against predatory lending, despite his own state prohibiting the practice.
By Josh Israel - July 22, 2022
An all-Republican county board in Iowa decided to use American Rescue Plan funds to help purchase the local ski resort.
By Josh Israel - July 21, 2022
The North Carolina Republican Senate nominee has repeatedly sided with the energy sector over environmental protections.
By Josh Israel - July 18, 2022
The North Carolina Republican is running for Senate as a ‘liberal agenda crusher.’
By Josh Israel - July 12, 2022
The Republican candidate has gotten much of his corporate PAC funding from the fossil fuel industry.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022
At least 15 women accused Alex Kozinski, a former appellate court judge, of inappropriate behavior.
By Josh Israel - May 19, 2022
Ron DeSantis’ campaign had previously said it would not take any money from Steven Alembik.
By Adrian Cole - May 13, 2022
For years, Republicans have tried to brand themselves as ‘tough on crime’ and supporters of ‘law and order.’
By Josh Israel - April 29, 2022Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .